Baby P’s mom is RECALLED to jail after simply two years
The mother of Baby P, the youngster tortured to death in 2007 in a case that horrified the nation, has been recalled to prison after breaching her licence conditions – all while documenting her new life on a WeightWatchers forum.
Tracey Connelly, 42, was given a life sentence with a minimum of five years in 2009 after covering up her son’s barbaric injuries and letting him die in her care at home in Tottenham, north London on August 3 2007.
MailOnline can exclusively reveal Connelly has been recalled to prison for a second time for a breach of her licence conditions after dying her hair black and trying to slim down in order to avoid being recognised.
The twisted mother was recalled to prison in 2015 after selling nude photos online – and is now on her way back to jail just over two years after last being released.
As she is serving a life sentence, it will be a matter for the Parole Board to decide if she is ever released again.
Tracey Connelly has been recalled to prison for an unspecified breach of her licence conditions after being sentenced to life for torturing her son to death, MailOnline understands
Known publicly as Baby P, Peter had suffered more than 50 injuries despite being on the at-risk register
Connelly had been charting her weight loss progress on a WeightWatchers forum, praised by others who had no idea about her dark and twisted past
Well-wishers took to the app to wish Connelly a happy birthday – only for one of them to uncover her true identity and share it with the others
Tracey Connelly, now 42, was taken from HM Prison Low Newton in County Durham to start a secret new life in a bail hostel in 2022
A HM Prison and Probation Service spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘Offenders released on licence are subject to strict conditions and we do not hesitate to recall them to prison if they break the rules.’
Connelly was sentenced to life after covering up the injuries inflicted upon her son, whose real name was Peter, having pleaded guilty to causing or allowing the death of a child.
Connelly’s lover Steven Barker was jailed in 2009 for a minimum of 12 years for torturing the 17-month-old to death while his brother, Jason Owen, received a six year jail sentence for allowing the toddler to die.
The tragic toddler’s mother was released in 2013 but was recalled to prison two years later after cashing in on her notoriety with twisted male fans by selling naked photos of herself online.
Connelly was put back behind bars for breaching the conditions of her parole that forbade her from ‘developing intimate personal relationships’ on the internet.
She was released again in July 2022, moved from HM Prison Low Newton in County Durham to a bail hostel in a secret location to begin her life anew.
The then-justice secretary Dominic Raab had sought to prevent her from being released but months later MailOnline pictured Connelly walking down the street, enjoying her freedom, hiding behind a face mask.
Connelly, who covered up the abuse of her son, was jailed indefinitely in 2009 for a minimum of five years after admitting causing or allowing his death
Connelly’s lover Steven Barker (left) was jailed in 2009 for a minimum of 12 years for torturing the 17-month-old to death while his brother, Jason Owen (right), received a six-year jail sentence for allowing the toddler to die
An onlooker told us at the time: ‘What she did is despicable. There are no words for that.
‘There’s no way that she should be out and about living life as normal after what she did. I believe in rehabilitation for offenders but not for what she did.’
By then, her weight had ballooned to 20 stone, prompting her own mother to comment to The Sun: ‘Look at her — look at the state of her. She’s got so fat. She looks disgusting.
‘She is wearing the mask because she doesn’t want anyone to recognise her. It makes me feel sick looking at these photos. I don’t know how she can live her life like normal.’
She is later reported to have befriended child killer Helen Cauldwell, who throttled her own daughter to death with a Piglet toy, at the halfway house in the north of England.
The killing of Baby shocked Britain, not just because of the suffering the tot endured as his mother stood by, but because of the opportunities missed to save him.
Peter had suffered more than 50 injuries despite being on the at-risk register and receiving 60 visits from social workers, police officers and health professionals over eight months.
